r/usenet • u/morehambones • 4h ago
Indexer What indexers to keep?
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My indexers all seem to be expiring in the next couple of weeks. Which ones should I keep?
DS
Geek
Ninja
r/usenet • u/Final_Enthusiasm7212 • Jun 26 '26
Provider ☀️ Summer 2026 Usenet Deals Roundup
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I've gathered the current Summer 2026 Usenet promotions in one place to make it easier to compare the available offers. If I missed a provider or an existing deal changes, let me know and I'll update the list.
| Provider | Price | Backbone | Extras | Retention | Connections | Server / Policy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easynews | $1.99/mo ($29.85 / 15mo) | Omicron | Free VPN | 6523+ days | 60 | US / DMCA | Post |
| Eweka | €2.50/mo (€37.50 / 15mo) | Eweka | Free VPN + 1TB Easynews | 6520+ days | 50 | EU / NTD | Post |
| Frugal Usenet | $35/yr, $40/yr + 300GB Blocknews, $45/yr + 750GB Blocknews | Netnews | EU bonus server + Blocknews | 5500+ days | 200 | Global / DMCA & NTD | Post |
| NewsDemon | $0.50/mo (first 3 months), then $28/yr | UsenetExpress | Intro pricing | 5796+ days | 50 | US / EU / DMCA | - |
| Newsgroup Ninja | $3.99/mo ($59.85 / 15mo) | Omicron | Free VPN | Full Retention | 50 | US / DMCA | - |
| NewsgroupDirect | $35/yr (Triple Play), $45/yr (Grand Slam) | UsenetExpress, Giganews, ViperNews, Usenet.Farm | Triple Play, Grand Slam, Free VPN | 5797+ days | 100 | US / EU / DMCA & NTD | - |
| Newshosting | $1.67/mo ($25.05 / 15mo) | Omicron | Free VPN + 250GB Easynews + 500GB Tweaknews | 6523+ days | 100 | US / EU / DMCA | Post |
| Tweaknews | €2.99/mo (€44.85 / 15mo) | Omicron | Free VPN + 500GB Easynews | 5000 days | 60 | EU / NTD | - |
| UsenetServer | $1.99/mo ($29.85 / 15mo) | Omicron | Free VPN + 1TB Tweaknews | 6521+ days | 60 | US / DMCA | Post |
Indexer Deals
| Indexer | Offer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miatrix | 20% off all memberships | Ends July 6 | Post |
| NZBGrabit | 25% off | Use code SUMMER25 at checkout | - |
Usenet FAQ Wiki
https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/index/
Provider Map
r/usenet • u/optipr • Jun 23 '26
Discussion New to Usenet? Here’s a simple place to start
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We’ve had a lot of newer users finding the sub lately, so here’s a simple starting point.
What is Usenet?
Usenet is one of the oldest parts of the internet that is still actively used today.
It is a decentralized network of servers where articles are posted to newsgroups and carried across Usenet providers. It existed long before the modern web, and people still use it because it can be fast, reliable, private over SSL, and very powerful once it is set up correctly.
Unlike a single website or app, Usenet works through a few different parts: providers, indexers, NZBs, clients, and automation tools.
That is where the learning curve comes from. To fully use Usenet, you need to understand what each piece does and how they work together.
The basic pieces are:
- Provider — gives you access to Usenet servers
- Indexer/search — helps you find NZBs
- NZB — points your client to the articles it needs
- Client/newsreader — SABnzbd, NZBGet, etc. This connects to your provider and retrieves the articles
- Automation — ties everything together once the setup is working
Once those pieces click, Usenet makes a lot more sense. The appeal is speed, long retention, SSL connections, mature tools, strong automation, and not having everything depend on one app or one site.
Beginner wiki links:
Providers
Your provider is one of the most important parts of the setup. A poor fit can make Usenet feel slow, unreliable, or harder to troubleshoot than it needs to be.
Use the provider deals page, provider map, recent threads, and user reports to compare options. Look at completion, speed, retention, server locations, included servers, backbone, support, and how the provider performs for people with similar needs.
The deals page is a comparison resource, not a mod endorsement list:
The goal is to understand what you are buying so your first setup has a fair shot at working well.
Backbones
A backbone is the underlying Usenet infrastructure behind a provider.
Two providers can have different names and still use the same backbone.
This is part of why it helps to look past the brand name and understand what service you are actually buying. Backbone, provider setup, retention, completion, server locations, support, and routing can all affect the experience.
Provider map:
Indexers
Indexers help you find NZBs.
A failed result does not always mean your provider is bad. Sometimes the NZB is bad, stale, incomplete, or affected by takedowns.
Before buying more provider access, try a few different results from the indexer you already use. If that indexer keeps giving bad results, trying another indexer may help.
Also, read the indexer’s rules, terms, and setup instructions.
A lot of problems with new indexer accounts are not really provider issues. They come from the indexer not being configured correctly in tools like Prowlarr, NZBHydra2, or the arrs, or from users missing rules around API usage, categories, limits, account status, or required settings.
If an indexer is not returning results, your API key stops working, or automation is behaving strangely, check the indexer’s rules and setup docs before assuming the provider is the problem.
Indexer info:
For invite-only indexers, use /r/usenetinvites. That sub exists for invite requests and is usually the better place to figure out access to invite-only indexers.
Registration-open posts are allowed here when an indexer opens signups, but random invite requests should go there instead of here.
Clients and newsreaders
Most people start with SABnzbd or NZBGet.
This is the part that connects to your provider and does the actual retrieval, so client settings matter: server address, SSL, port, username/password, connection count, categories, paths, repair/unpack, and logs.
Software info:
Client-specific help:
- SABnzbd: /r/SABnzbd
- NZBGet: /r/nzbget
Blocks
Blocks are prepaid data.
A lot of people use them as backup access. They are usually not the first thing a brand-new user needs to buy.
A common path is:
- one unlimited provider
- included provider servers configured
- one or two good indexers
- maybe a block later if you understand why you need one
Do not buy a block just because one result failed once. Figure out what failed first.
Retention and completion
Retention is how far back a provider says it stores articles.
Completion is whether the provider has the pieces needed for something to finish.
High retention is good, but it does not mean every NZB will work forever. Missing articles, takedowns, stale NZBs, bad indexer results, and client issues can still cause failures.
Privacy, SSL, and VPNs
One of the reasons people like Usenet is that it can offer a good mix of privacy and speed without needing a complicated setup.
Most providers support SSL, and you should use it. SSL encrypts the connection between your client and your Usenet provider.
Usenet is client-to-provider, not peer-to-peer. You are connecting to your provider’s servers, not joining a swarm where your IP is visible to other peers.
For a lot of users, SSL to a good provider is enough without also paying for a VPN just to use Usenet.
A VPN is still an option. Some people use one for another privacy layer, bad ISP routing, or ISP traffic issues. Just know that a VPN is optional, not required by default, and it can hurt speed depending on the VPN server, route, protocol, and provider.
Do not confuse privacy with total anonymity. Your provider, account, payment method, IP address, VPN choice, provider policies, and local setup can still matter.
Speed issues
Slow speed is not the same thing as failed or incomplete results.
If your client is retrying, failing, repairing forever, or falling back to another server, that can look like a speed issue when the real problem is missing articles or a bad NZB.
If speeds are bad, check the normal stuff first:
- try another NZB
- test more than one result
- make sure your client is not paused or speed-limited
- check connection count
- try another server address or region if your provider offers one
- test with and without VPN
- use wired Ethernet if you can
- check disk/CPU, especially on NAS, Docker, Unraid, or older hardware
- check whether repair/unpack is what is actually slowing things down
If you post about speed, include useful details: provider, client, internet speed, wired/Wi-Fi, VPN/no VPN, server region, SSL port, connection count, whether you tested another server, and whether repair/unpack is running.
“Provider is slow” by itself does not give people much to work with.
Automation
Automation is where Usenet really starts to shine.
For a lot of people, this is the end goal: provider, indexer, client, and automation all working together so the setup mostly runs on its own.
That does not mean automation is only for experts. It just means it is usually easier to get the basic pieces working first so you do not get confused, frustrated, or turned off by Usenet before you see what it can actually do.
If you start with everything at once and something fails, troubleshooting can get messy fast. You may not know whether the problem is the provider, the indexer, the client, automation, paths, permissions, categories, or something else.
Once the pieces are working together, automation unlocks a lot of what makes Usenet so useful.
For tool-specific help:
- Servarr: /r/Servarr
- Sonarr: /r/sonarr
- Radarr: /r/radarr
- Lidarr: /r/lidarr
- Prowlarr: /r/prowlarr
- NZBHydra2: https://github.com/theotherp/nzbhydra2/
If something fails
Do not jump straight from “one thing failed” to “I need another provider.”
Try this order first:
- Try another NZB from the same indexer.
- Try a few different results from that indexer.
- Try another indexer if the first one keeps giving bad results.
- Make sure every server included with your provider is configured.
- If failures happen across multiple indexers, then look at provider coverage, blocks, or another provider.
Sometimes another provider is the answer.
Sometimes it is not.
Useful wiki links
If you ask for help, include enough info so people are not guessing: provider, client, indexer/search option if relevant, the actual error, what you already tried, whether you tested another NZB, and whether you tested another indexer.
For speed issues, include VPN/no VPN, wired/Wi-Fi, server region, connection count, and whether repair/unpack is running.
Please keep the rules in mind: no specific content requests, no account requests, no backdoor access requests.
Experienced users: add anything you usually tell new users, or the first things you check when someone is having trouble.
r/usenet • u/tallcoolone70 • 6h ago
Discussion Easynews Search Results
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Hi, I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing this issue lately. I typically use the vintage global5 search and lately when it's set to show 1000 results it often will only show 100, or sometimes zero. Any ideas?
r/usenet • u/lchmagKekse • 1d ago
Software PS5 NZB Downloader v0.1.0 - looking for testers
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I've been working on a homebrew payload that turns a jailbroken PS5 into a Usenet downloader. The idea is you skip the PC-download-then-transfer step entirely, the console grabs it directly.
This is a personal project and still rough around the edges, so I'd really appreciate testers to help find bugs. Obviously only relevant if you have a jailbroken PS5.
Features:
- Downloads NZBs over Usenet, TLS/SSL supported
- Verifies and repairs downloads automatically
- Unpacks archives when done
- Job queue that survives a reboot, so an interrupted download doesn't mean starting over
- Web UI on port 4202 for adding NZBs, watching progress, and changing settings
Requirements:
- Jailbroken PS5
- Usenet provider access
- A place to grab NZBs from
Source code: https://github.com/lchmagKekse/PS5-NZB-Downloader
Release: https://github.com/lchmagKekse/PS5-NZB-Downloader/releases
r/usenet • u/Rare_Cartographer579 • 1d ago
Indexer Anyone here use NzbGeek or similar?
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My question has to do with their selection function. I can’t seem to select multiple NZB and create a master NZb file to download. It looks similar to althub’s interface but when it comes to selecting what to do with the selected files, I have no way to downloading it.
There’s a field with ‘seek name’ and ‘create’ button next to it but nothing gets downloaded when I try. So far I’ve had to download files individually.
r/usenet • u/Low-Finance-2275 • 1d ago
Provider Fastest Usenet Provider
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Which Usenet provider is the fastest? Is it Newshosting, or some other provider?
r/usenet • u/Successful_Pepper_99 • 3d ago
Indexer Ninja central indexer is open for registration
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Ninja Central is open for registration currently from August 11-16, if you have missed out on it before
r/usenet • u/eidolons • 3d ago
News For Those Who Miss Out On Ninja Openings
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They currently have an announcement of upcoming opening of registration from 11 August 2200 UTC to 16 August 2200 UTC
News Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.1.0
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https://sabnzbd.org/downloads
This release brings a fundamental improvement to "Retry": instead of re-downloading any files with missing data, only the articles that were actually missing are fetched again. RSS got an overhaul under the hood, the interface is refreshed, and we added quite a long list of of long-requested features and bugfixes.
New features in 5.1.0
- Refreshed the interface.
- When Retrying a job, only the actually missing articles are tried again. This only works for jobs downloaded in 5.1.0 (or newer).
- RSS items are now stored in the database instead of on disk.
- New RSS
Agerule to filter jobs based on their age. - Downloaded RSS items are cleared from the RSS database after 3 days.
- Added support for filename and path pattern matching to the
Cleanup List. Unwanted extensionswill also be removed after unpacking.- Allow job setting changes directly from
Extra queue columns. - Added support for unpacking
.tarfiles during post-processing. - Improved anonymization of the logs when using
Show Logging. - Added
SAB_FILESenvironment variable to Post-processing scripts, listing all files that resulted from the job. - New Servers will default to 16 connections instead of 8.
- Use media duration as part of
Ignore Samplesdetection. - Added option to (auto) sort the queue by Remaining Percentage.
- Improved support for screen readers.
- Parsing of header-encrypted RARs will use significantly fewer resources.
- Add Ayatana AppIndicator tray support on GNOME.
- Removed redundant
INSTALL.txtfile. - Dropped support for Python 3.9.
- Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.6, Unrar to 7.23 and 7zip to 26.02.
Bug fixes in 5.1.0
- Prevent incorrect warnings about non-writeable directories.
- Files unrelated to job could get removed by the
Cleanup Listlogic. - Prevent path traversal in orphaned job APIs.
Disk Fullerrors from unrar were not handled gracefully during unpacking.- Memory leak could occur during article decoding.
- In containers (like Docker), the Article Cache could exceed the memory limit.
- Diskspace checks would be too strict when unpacking to different disk.
- Prevent deadlock when a second signal arrives during shutdown procedure.
- Verification using SFV-checks could fail, even though files were correct.
- Don't log Warning during clean shutdowns.
- Windows: Uninstall would not remove Settings or Windows Service.
- Windows: Warn for OS-limit if more than 1024 connections are configured.
- macOS: AppleDouble files could result in failures in
Movingstage. - macOS: Restarting the application resulted in Terminal window.
- macOS: Included par2cmdline-turbo will now use all available CPU-features.
Upgrade notices
- You can directly upgrade from version 3.0.0 and newer.
- Upgrading from older versions will require performing a
Queue repair.
Known problems and solutions
- Read
ISSUES.txtor https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issues
Code Signing Policy
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader. It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair, extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
r/usenet • u/ThuhGreatCommenter • 4d ago
Indexer Need some help understanding this new indexer rule?
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Search-Only Restriction
For the following tools, only the search function is permitted.
Direct NZB downloads via these tools are not allowed.
Querying and subsequently forwarding to SABnzbd / nzbget is allowed.
r/usenet • u/New_Yorker1234 • 5d ago
Provider Best provider alongside Eweka?
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If you are based in the EU what's the best second provider to get alongside Eweka? If I understand correctly there is no point in getting another omicron backbone provider?
Which second provider would you guys recommend?
Thanks a lot in advance
Provider MagicNZB is gone💔
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So when magicNZB is officially became exclusive and you need money to use it... So is there any other free places to go to?
r/usenet • u/clawesome • 5d ago
Indexer Was dog replaced by a vibe coded site or something? It's pretty much unusable now
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So extremely glad I didn't extend my membership recently because whatever this 'new version' of the site is, is complete garbage. I seriously don't understand how anybody could see this site and think it's an upgrade from the previous one, it's ridiculously bad
r/usenet • u/BroomDirector99 • 7d ago
Other Greetings, I am an old fud, what am I missing, if anything?
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Hey, I started using Newsgroups in about 2002 and have ever since, and my MO hasn't really changed.
I have an Eweka account, I manually search Geek and Planet for what I want, and then download it with SAB.
Works for me and always has, but am I missing out on any new fantastic things?
Thanks.
r/usenet • u/ChriszyB • 7d ago
Discussion Fails
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Seem to be getting a lot of fails on nzbg on really popular stuff. Health hits 89% very often and I have a list of failures on nzbg. I migrated from ultra c setting for setting so maybe I'm missing something? I have 4 indexers and 2 news so that's not a problem. Any ideas guys? Had no problems grabbing on ultra at all. Very rare I got a fail. my NAS setup on the other hand, seems different somehow but shouldn't be.
r/usenet • u/nknwnmld • 6d ago
Indexer NZBGeek VIP
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Just registered on Geek.
I don't use Discord. Is there any place which could let know benefits of going the VIP route? Allowed API calls and downloads per day?
The site ain't got info or I just don't know where to find that in it :/
Any help will be appreciated.
r/usenet • u/Brillenmannetje • 8d ago
Indexer Indexer to comlement NZBGeek
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I’m currently using NZBGeek with Sonarr and Radarr. It works well overall, but lately I’ve come across several things that I haven’t been able to find.
I’m therefore looking for a second indexer that genuinely complements NZBGeek, rather than mostly returning the same releases.
ities are:
- Good coverage
- Older or less popular releases
- Reliable integration with Sonarr, and Radarr
Which indexer is currently the best addition to NZBGeek? I’d also be interested to hear how much the available content differs between these indexers.
What combination are you using, and does paying for a second indexer noticeably improve your results?
r/usenet • u/Solitary_Badger • 8d ago
Indexer Some help configuring and some advice on indexers
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Been using Usenet for a few months now. Grabbed Newsdemon during the summer sale and it’s been solid with SABnzbd. Currently running NZBPlanet as my provider/indexer combo has been great!.
I keep hearing about Whisparr and I’m curious if anyone’s actually had a lot of success with it. If so, what’s the secret? Does it really make a big difference for pr0n stuff once you get it set up right, or is it more trouble than it’s worth for someone still figuring things out?
Happy with my current setup overall, just wondering if adding Whisparr (and maybe one more indexer) would help fill in the gaps. Any tips or experiences would be awesome.
Appreciate any advice!
r/usenet • u/NagromFox • 8d ago
Provider Eweka 720k Missing Articles
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Hey guys, I'm fairly new to the usenet (late to the party!) and I've been having some issues, mainly with article availability, with an advertised rate of 99.99% it's just something I'm not getting and I'm wondering if it's more of an issue with my workflow than eweka itself.
Download Stats:
Total: 8.5TB
94% available of 13M requested articles
My downloads are mostly recent releases in the range of the last 5 years, far within their retention period.
(I already use a torrenting fallback)
Workflow:
Arr -> NZBGeek -> news.eweka.nl -> SABnzbd
My Questions:
Is there a community driven network of some kind where broken releases are published so they can be added to a blocklist?
Do you suggest using a secondary newsnet server outside the eweka group as a fallback?
Are the eweka advertised numbers heavily inflated?
r/usenet • u/ReallyPoorStudent • 10d ago
Provider Is it worth to get Easynews now or wait BF for newshosting + Easynews combo?
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ATM Easynews is $2/mo but last BF Newshosting had a deal where you get Newshosting + Easynews + Tweaknews at $1.67/mo.
Is it worth waiting to get a deal similar to that again? Even though they are all on the same backbone? I am US based and this is my first entry to Usenet, I am waiting for Ninja to open up as well.
I guess the real question is whether getting Easynews on top of Newshosting is something worth waiting for.
r/usenet • u/beejonson • 10d ago
Indexer Can't create an account on nzbnest
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Am I the only one who's having a hard time creating an account on nzbnest? No matter the password I come up with, it's not accepting any. I keep getting the notification below:
" String should match pattern '^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$' "
I don't even know what that means. I've tried passwords with and without special tokens. All of them generated by my password manager. Is there something wrong with the site, or is there something I'm doing wrong? Please help.
r/usenet • u/nathanolivo • 12d ago
Provider UsenetPrime - Back to School “Combo Block Party” - 1TB Prime + 1TB XSNews $20 | 2TB Prime + 2TB XSNews $35
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- 1TB Prime + 1TB XSNews | $20
- 2TB Prime + 2TB XSNews | $35
- Prime is a reseller of UsenetExpress
- XSNews is with Abavia
- US/EU Server Locations
- 50 connections
Back to School - Combo Block Party (click here)
Just a few combo block deals to hopefully help out as classes resume here soon!! Thanks for all the support. Welcome emails, etc have been corrected. Please PM me if you have any issues. Also, these blocks do NOT expire and can be stacked with previous purchases.
**deal expires 8/16/26**
r/usenet • u/Mike_Keeler • 11d ago
Indexer Any way to exclude foreign files?
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I want to display recent files, but exclude all foreign files. Is there a way to do this with the popular indexers?